FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



out on the ground as well as for lifting fish into a boat and 

 giving us a tow home. 



However, commercial fishing should not be allowed to 

 get out of hand. It has no doubt seriously hurt fishing for 

 many species. Netting needs regulation, as it can be much 

 overdone. 



If any readers of this book are interested in current news 

 on commercial activities in the Pacific waters I would recom- 

 mend that they subscribe to the Fishing Gazette, published in 

 New York City. I know that this magazine has been a great 

 help to my piscatorial education, particularly in enlightening 

 me on where and how the small species spawn, the grounds 

 where they are taken and the general status of the fishing 

 industry. 



Fishing Tournaments 



Thousands of anglers have participated for years in many 

 famous fishing tournaments. Since the international matches 

 between the British Empire and the United States were in- 

 augurated at Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, in 1937, fishing tour- 

 naments having sprung up all along the Atlantic coast. 



There has been criticism of many of the contests from 

 various sources; it has been stated that they are nothing more 

 than publicity stunts or else that fishing is too much a matter 

 of luck to permit direct competition. But if the tournaments 

 are correctly managed, the fish legitimately caught and no 

 cash prizes offered, I can see no harm in them. After all, if 

 you don't want to enter one there is no obligation to do so. 

 If any fishing center has enough fish there to run a tourna- 

 ment, you can be sure that before the tournament was 



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